# About

### Abstract

A number of land development projects are forming to develop and govern land. All are using disparate approaches to solving a number of common challenges. While a diversity of solutions is useful in a new market, it is undesirable longer term.

Failure to establish a common standard is a barrier to market growth as it increases the due diligence required from buyers to understand the technical and legal solutions employed by each community. For communities themselves, a lack of standards and tools increase the risk of failing to come to market at all. This in turn diminishes trust in the marketplace via negative publicity.

Plano provides tools for the on-chain tools for resolving these issues via a set of digital assets that communities can create and interact with as their community develops. These tools allow a community to presolve a myriad of issues with best practice solutions.

These tools are applicable for use by emerging (or existing) communities globally and will encourage the emergence of standards that will transition CRE development to the blockchain.

### Related Whitepapers

Related whitepapers exist that discuss other Plano services

| [Governance](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iNe8MdvuyDh3ZzGHAHJeogNi24lUUeiO8rQ3avZ4uVo) | Details of Plano governance and tokenomics                                 |
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| [Proxy Services](https://plano.gitbook.io/proxy-services/)                                    | Tokenized solutions for real estate ownership and real estate transactions |

### Definitions

For those new to blockchain, a list of definitions for common concepts is provided in the appendix of this document.

### Disclaimer

This document is considered a living document. This document will be reviewed, updated, and amended over time by the Steering Council based on feedback and input from Plano community members. Nothing contained in this document is purported to be final and should not be taken to be final.
